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79 – Alessa Latley and the decision of the Magic Tower

Alessa Latley.

The ‘genius mage’ of the century produced by the Magic Tower and the successor designated as the next Magic Tower lord.

He was in a delicate position due to a conflict of opinion with the current Mage Tower owner, but now the situation has become even worse.

In other words, she was not in a position to provide help to the princess, even if she consulted her.

Princess Anyes’ father, the King of Cloeti Kingdom, knew all about the hero’s assassination plan and helped behind the scenes.

In other words, the situation in the Kingdom of Cloeti, which could be said to be her base, could be considered to be better.

But Alessa is different.

Just as Pope Francis, the upper echelon of the Goddess Church, does not know about the plan to assassinate the warrior, the upper echelons of the Magic Tower and the Mage Tower owner also do not know anything about the plan to assassinate the warrior.

The relationship with the current magic tower lord and the upper class is already strained, and on top of that, a rumor is spreading that the hero party killed the former hero Hans.

Of course, this rumor immediately reached the ears of the Magic Tower.

After participating in the war, the Master of the Magic Tower was separated from his teacher, and the teacher’s letter was completely cut off.

The teacher’s letter, which arrived after a long time, was full of questions questioning Alessa.

Did you really help assassinate the hero Hans?

Did you really commit such a heinous act? Etc.

And, at the end, this phrase was even written.

‘If it is true that you helped assassinate a hero, I will exclude you as a candidate for the next magic tower lord.’

In this passage, Alessa was astonished.

No matter how much you disagreed with the magic tower lord, you were never excluded from being the next magic tower lord.

This is because the position of the next magic tower lord was not in the power of the current magic tower lord alone.

In other words, it was safe to say that this matter was decided not only by the teacher but also by the upper echelons of the Magic Tower.

For Alessa, who was full of dreams of becoming the next Magic Tower lord, the situation was truly a lightning strike.

‘What should I do…? ‘What should I do…?’

I never would have thought that the upper echelons of the Magic Tower would make such a decision based on the words that came from the Demon King’s army.

Who could have imagined believing what the demons say?

However, contrary to what Alessa and Anies thought, the circumstantial evidence was quite accurate.

Furthermore, unlike ordinary citizens, the wizards of the Magic Tower have a record of directly fighting against the Demon King’s army.

Of course, they have participated in the fight with Hans the Hero, and have seen the strength of Hans the Hero with their own eyes.

To begin with, the current Mage Tower owner has experience in co-fighting with the warrior Hans.

Did such a hero Hans die in vain in the fight against the Demon King?

It was a story that was hard to believe.

However, if he died after being attacked from behind by his trusted comrades, as per the popular rumors, this is true to some extent.

For that reason, the powerful upper echelons of the Magic Tower tended to think that there was some basis to this rumor.

Alessa held his head with a haggard expression.

Did he help assassinate the warrior Hans?

The bottom line is yes.

Of course, strictly speaking, it was Princess Anies who assassinated the hero Hans.

She and her saintess Ciela just pretended not to see it and aided and abetted it.

…However, with Alessa’s extraordinary intelligence, she could never deny that aiding and abetting murder was also a clear wrong.

“……”

Already, Alessa was quite crowded.

When he was taken to the battlefield, he had to take a nap as his magic power was exhausted due to using a lot of magic, and when he returned from the battlefield and tried to rest in the imperial palace, he had no time to rest and had to continue his research to lift the crown prince’s curse.

This rumor spread while I was extremely tired both physically and mentally, and now my position as the next Magic Tower lord is in jeopardy.

‘If I knew it would be like this…I wouldn’t have done something like that…’

A handsome crown prince and the crown prince’s wife, a treasure right before our eyes.

I was blinded by that treasure and ended up in this situation.

‘It’s okay to confess everything even now and feel comfortable… No, it’s not possible…’

In either case, the fact is revealed at a time when the Demon King’s army is on the offensive?

Then, considering his position as the next Magic Tower lord, it wouldn’t be strange if he was executed by the people.

However, it is already close to the limit to endure this situation silently without revealing anything.

‘I feel like I’m going crazy…’

One side of my head was in severe pain.

The moment she headed towards her bed, wanting to close her eyes for a moment because it was so painful, there was a knock on her door.

“Alessa? This is Anies. I’d like to have a quick consultation…”

“…I’m going to spin.”

The sixth Valkyrie, Schubertlaite, appeared before my eyes.

Her face, which must have looked cute with her red hair, was stained with the madness that made her lose her senses.

Her two eyes were fluttering, showing hostility to this side, no, to all sides of her, and she didn’t even look normal.

Her condition did not look good at all.

Still, Schubertlaite’s combat ability is not high.

As a result of her forcing her body into an intense battle for a long time, her body was completely destroyed.

That’s to the point where Valkyrie’s natural restoration ability can’t catch up.

Her arms are already tattered and almost hanging off, so I’m done.

“Qu…Queuuu…!!”

Schwertlaite is screaming in pain and rushing towards us.

It’s fast, but the movement is very monotonous.

Obviously, at this level, it was easy to defeat it with a counter.

But the biggest problem right now was that it couldn’t attack.

‘Schwertleite’s ether has already reached its limit.’

Her current condition is not normal.

In addition, ether has also reached its limit.

In other words, if she were to stop functioning like this, her functioning could literally stop forever.

“Wooaaa!!”

A state of holding on and concentrating on blocking or avoiding her attacks.

The good news is that she is not using the weapon she has at her waist at all.

Is it because reason has been lost?

If I had attacked him with that weapon, I might have been seriously injured somewhere.

“Ooh?!”

She stopped her swinging arms by grabbing them, and this time it was her kick.

She was literally fighting like a crazy, irrational animal.

The problem is that she is not a human, but a Valkyrie.

Quaaang!!

Although Schwertleitera has the lowest combat ability among the Valkyries, it is true that it possesses power that far surpasses that of humans.

It’s at the level of creating a crater on the floor with just one kick, so if you hit me wrong, my bones could be shattered.

…Well, a fractured bone should heal in a day or two, but what good is there in being broken?

“Yaaap!!”

Sieg Rune rushed in and swung her halberd wide, blocking the movement of Schwertlaite who was attacking me.

… Naturally, Sieg Rune was also unable to attack Schwertlaite carelessly and was only fighting to the extent of impeding his movements.

I tried all kinds of methods.

When I tried to restrain her limbs, she broke the limbs herself and tried to escape and attack me, so I gave up.

When I tried to lose my mind, it didn’t work because I had already lost my sense of reason and was fighting based on my instincts.

But if you hit it to make it faint, its function may actually stop forever.

“…I’m sorry, master. Please wait…Just a little longer…”

Currently, Ortrinde was desperately scanning Schubertlaite’s condition.

If it were the youngest, Ross Weisse, who is good at things like this, she would have been able to quickly understand her condition and suggest a solution, but she is not here.

She was Orthrinde, who had somewhat more knowledge about this area than Siegrune, so she was trying to come up with her own solution.

In other words, what we are doing is wasting time.

… Even so, it is problematic because there is a limit to taking time.

Schwertleite’s ether is already almost at its lowest point.

Whether it stops functioning because I attack it or stops functioning because the ether has reached its lowest point, either way, it stops functioning.

Now that she couldn’t let her function stop, she also had a problem with wasting too much time.

“Currently scanning… Detecting a substance interfering with functions within the aircraft… What is this…?”

“As expected, this unpleasant energy is the problem…!! The problem is, how do we drive this energy away… Oooh?!”

“Master!!”

I focused my eyes on Ortrinde for a moment, but missed the charging Schubertlaite.

Schwertlaite lunged at me with beast-like force and literally attacked me.

She immediately tried to take up her defensive stance, but before she could, her firm hand drove a powerful strike straight into my chest.

“Big?!”

“Master!!”

I could feel blood coming out of her mouth.

This one 100% hurt my ribs.

Zikrune is trying to get rid of Schubertlaite, which is flying towards me and clinging to me and trying to attack.

But no matter how much I pulled on her, Siegrune was having a hard time clinging to me and pounding her body and trying not to fall off.

Zeke Rune thought for a moment, but eventually she picked up the halberd.

Zikrune picks up the halberd and raises it high with a determined expression.

I realized what she meant by that action and raised my hand to stop her.

“…Don’t do it, Zikrune.”

“B…But if you don’t do this, the master will…”

“It’s okay, broken ribs will heal in a day, but she’s not your sister, right?”

Schwertlaite, the irrational Valkyrie who keeps trying to attack me.

I lifted her arms and hugged her tightly.

“Woo…uuu!!”

“hehehe…hehehe…If you do this…You won’t be able to move either, right?”

As if restraining her arms, he tightly hugged her upper body and blocked her movements.

Her legs were struggling and going crazy, kicking my legs wildly, and the more strength she put into her arms, the more her upper body throbbed due to her broken ribs, but it wasn’t so much that I couldn’t stand it.

In the fight against time, the fight against pain is just added.

How much time has passed?

As if the ether was slowly running out, the movements of Schubert Laite, who had been struggling in her arms, subsided.

“Master!”

“Uh…Uhh…Ok…”

I don’t know if it was because her ribs were broken or how much blood was bleeding from her mouth.

She spat out her blood from her mouth before her pores clogged again and then looked at her orthrinde.

Ortrin De lowered her head and said, as if she was truly sorry.

“This is an interlink! Please interlink with Schubertleite!!”

“…Huh?”

“If you interlink her and put her under her control, you can also rule out the cause of her going berserk!!”

Indeed.

All you have to do is interlink, right?

I spat out the blood flowing from my mouth once again and looked at Schubertlaite, who was struggling feebly in my arms.

She still looks like a wild animal biting this side, shedding her hostility.

Interlink…

So, all you have to do is kiss her…

There’s really no atmosphere.

…

As an aside, the taste of blood was incredible.